You’ve Got Mail
You’ve Got Mail (1998) is one of the bonafide popular classics of the “golden age” of romantic comedies. Nora Ephron’s remake of The Shop Around The Corner (1940) updates Illatszertár… Read more »
Tag: Parker Posey
Clockwatchers
Clockwatchers (1997) opens with Iris (Toni Collette) arriving for a new temp job with a credit company. Almost immediately, Iris begins a friendship with the other temps (Parker Posey, Lisa… Read more »
The Daytrippers
Before breaking out with Superbad (2007) and Adventureland (2009), Greg Mottola wrote and directed the little indie comedy The Daytrippers (1997). The Daytrippers is a quintessential independent film of the… Read more »
Waiting For Guffman
The mockumentary Waiting For Guffman (1996) is the film that established Christopher Guest’s modus operandi as a writer, director, and actor. Upon its release, Waiting For Guffman became an instant… Read more »
SubUrbia
It would be easy to mistake SubUrbia (1996) for another Dazed And Confused (1993). Superficially, the plot of SubUrbia is about a group of recent high school graduates who begin… Read more »
Josie & The Pussycats
Straight out of the panels of Archie Comics comes Josie and the Pussycats (2001); a story about a band (Rachael Leigh Cook as Josie, Tara Reid as Melody, and Rosario… Read more »
Henry Fool
Since his debut, Unbelievable Truth (1989), Hal Hartley has made consistently challenging films about the disruption of daily life, love and loss, emotion versus intellect, and societal outsiders. All of… Read more »
Broken English
Zoe Cassavetes’ first feature film, Broken English (2007), is an analysis of what love means to her generation, and the perception of happiness that goes with it. Stylistically, the film… Read more »
Basquiat
Recently I received as a gift ANDY WARHOL Polaroids 1958-1987, published by Taschen. It is a marvelous presentation of Warhol’s work, quite fascinating when one begins to compare these original… Read more »
The House Of Yes
Parker Posey is one of my favorite actresses working in film today. Her performances in even the most mundane and mediocre films are layered with character and in many cases… Read more »
